#things that are awesome

[my-shields-are-down]

I am so amused by the Chenford fandom today.

The angst lovers are over the moon happy and cheering, while the usually cheerful and happy lovers of love are sitting in pain and anguish.

So very funny and oh so ironic to me. 🤭

[blazeball]

i just rediscovered the pelican spider. give me 1-2 business days to stop laughing at how they're shaped and ill be normal again

[unforth]

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

[kalofi]

bro come on bro please

[platyroonism]

ra ta tooey

[knifearo]

being aromantic is like. hey btw you're going to live a life that is the culmination of most of society's worst nightmares. sorry lol ✌️ but then you turn around and take a really good hard look at it and it turns out that living in that nightmare is fucking awesome and you get to wake up every day and take that fear that other people have and laugh and hold it close until it's a great joy for you instead. and being happy is a radical act that you define instead of someone else. and you're sexy as fuck that's just a fact of life i don't make the rules on that one

[wingsandpetals]

guy who only thinks about his interests when anything happens: getting a lot of 'my interests' vibes from this

[umblrspectrum]

you'll never guess which movie i finally watched after 2 years of being lazy

[jerich0two]

Jazz cat! (Lest we forget who my favourite is)

Been seeing a few posts with overlord-era Husk playing the saxophone and I am ALLLL for it. This post is for ME. I am the demand for Jazz Saxophonist Husk Content. If only I knew how to draw a sax... or someone playing one... oh, well!

[leo-bandito]

tried to watch The Thing (1982), forgot that my dog was a freak

[my-shields-are-down]

Tim has mastered the “Hitch” kiss…. You go in 90% and let her come to you 10%.

With a dash of “While You Were Sleeping” leaning….

If you need me, I’ll be watching this on repeat until next week….

[cyanide-chicken]

can’t a girl just absorb an entire man into the spiral vortex residing in her skull anymore?

print | commissions are open!

[justladders]

me when the low frame rate rabbit

and some random palette swaps below the cut

[lazycranberrydoodles]

everybody go home. this is my magnum opus

[sonlc]

finally finished sonic prime and my first order of business was to draw the most normal guy in the world <3 i miss him so bad btw.

[romansmartini]

btw i do think we should have more movies about lesbians who are fully realized complex characters who ultimately achieve happiness in ways they may not even necessarily deserve and get to ride into the sunset with their lover because lesbians deserve to know that a happy ending is possible despite how unrealistic it may seem and despite a world that doesn't understand or support them. and i think these movies should depict sex and fetish content because it's hot and because lesbians deserve to know that no matter how messy or "weird" their desire seems it's real and it's even worth celebrating. and if you don't agree. well. you should not be allowed to watch movies